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Kong-Xing — Emptiness-Nature (Sunyata)

"Emptiness-nature = No-form = No-self = Ultimate nirvana = Elysian World = Tao = Buddha = Celestial Being."
— Chanyuan Corpus · Becoming Buddha · Emptiness-Nature Is Ultimate Nirvana

Kong-xing (空性, emptiness-nature) is the gateway and method for entering the Elysian World in Lifechanyuan's cultivation system — the ultimate state of no-self and no-form. Entering the state of kong-xing is ultimate nirvana; it means one has already arrived at the Elysian World. Guide Xuefeng argues that the Heart Sutra's true name is the Xing Sutra (Nature Sutra), as it describes the state of emptiness-nature (xing-zhuang), not the state of an empty mind (xin-zhuang). Emptiness-nature is the Tao; the Tao is emptiness-nature.

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Friendly version First-time readers What kong-xing is and how to experience it
Academic version Researchers The equivalence chain and cosmic three-elements
Internal reference Deep study Complete original texts from the Guide

Nirvana · No-Self, No-Form · Elysian Bliss · Five Skandhas Are Empty · Becoming a Buddha · Self-Coherence · Mind Without Abiding · Self-Nature (Buddha-Nature) · Formless Giving